On the plinth: parrot lover's time of reckoning inches closer

Remember our news story (September 3) about Richard Fisher, a primary school teacher, who's to spend an hour on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth -- dressed as a parrot?

Well, Mr Fisher's 60-minutes of fame is inching closer: he takes to the plinth as part of Antony Gormley's One & Other exhibition tomorrow night between 10pm and 11pm.

He's doing it all in the name of a good cause: raising funds for the National Parrot Centre, a rescue centre based in Lincolnshire.

To sponsor Richard you can visit his website and you can watch him perform his daredevil stunt tomorrow evening via the official webcam.

Club fundraising: Andy sacrifices 15 years' worth of flowing locks to boost club coffers

Left: Andrew Parsons, with 15 years worth of long, flowing golden locks. Right: Andrew Parsons, after his sponsored haircut!

You've got to hand it to Andy Parsons of Clwyd Budgerigar Society. Although he doesn't look too happy in the shot on the right, he should be. Thanks to his recent sacrificial sponsored haircut, he helped raised around £200 for club coffers.

If your club is doing anything unusual to raise club funds then do let us know -- we'd love to cover it here, on the blog, and in our newspaper, giving you two bites of the cherry, as it were.

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